Champions of the Flyway!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Red-tailed & Red-shouldered Hawks - San Francisco

One of several Red-tails kicking around the park, this bird was obviously used to human disturbance, judging by its habit of swooping close overhead and landing nearby. It also evidently had no dining neuroses, and proceeded to delicately rip a gopher to shreds (still extant in the last two shots), wipe its bill on a branch, and then take a short snooze.

About Me

Lucky enough to spend plenty of my time enjoying birds and wildlife as my bread and butter and drug of choice, I've an east coast Bird Observatory on my doorstep here in Filey and a second just down the road at Flamborough. I'm a field ornithologist, nature writer, speaker and guide, a role juggler here at the Obs and a musician / songwriter with my band Morning Bride.